Judge upholds firing of beach officer over racist posts
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A judge has upheld a decision to fire a central Florida beach officer that posted racist comments on Facebook about Trayvon Martin.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal (http://bit.ly/1YxhhPE ) reported Thursday that Volusia County beach officer Todd Snipes filed a lawsuit two years ago.
He was fired for posting messages celebrating the shooting of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. Court records said he posted the messages while on duty.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}One of the messages said another "thug" was gone and people should know to pull their pants up and be respectful.
He also initiated a 9-person group text message that contained a caption with a racial slur.
Snipes' attorney plans to appeal the judgment and has called it a paramount issue of freedom of speech.